Andy Crouch 12min 50secs Authority - is the capacity for meaningful action Vulnerability - is exposure to meaningful risk (when something you care about is at stake / could be lost) We often think they are opposites / but they are not We have been created to have more authority and vulnerability than any other creature There is a paradox that they go together at the moment of greatest flourishing in our lives A + V = Flourishing 1) High authority / High vulnerability - is flourishing -the path of a healthy, maturing life is from safety to flourishing -low authority / Low vulnerability - is safety (like a child) -the goal is to take more risk / more authority in the world 2) Low authority / High vulnerability - is suffering -vulnerability without authority - like we experienced in Covid -you're vulnerable, but no capacity to act -many people around the world only know this reality -we then often dream of the other quadrant - to have con...
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